Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-04
VAR Oh WORDS.
Senator's HOar and Beck
Attack and Defend
Speaker Carlisle.
The Carson City Mint
VIII Get Its Original
Appropriation. A
The Attack on Carlisle
Caused by an Fxplana-
ton from Allison.
Senator Hoar Considers that the Speak
er's ORease w0ald Bring Aheut
q Legislative Revelation II Al
lowed to ge Unrebaked-
Blackburn Retaliates.


reconvened. In continuation of yestel
dsy's session, at 10 O'Clock this mornins
A message frem the House, annsuno
ing their non concurrence in the Senat
amendment TO the Navy AppFopristio
bill, was presented and q conference va
ordered. Hale, Allison and Beck wer
appointed confeRrees.
A few minutes before II o'clock %
Senate closed the legislative dsy O
Wednesday by adiournmeut, an
opened The last Legislative day of b
Forty-ninth Congress. when prayer va
offered by the Chaplain.
The Senate then proceeded to th
consideration Of the Legislative. Execu
tive and Judicial Appropriation bills OF
the amendment recommended by sh,
Committee on Appropriations, as the,
were reached.
As she Committee on Appropriation
had reported very few amendments Il
the bill and those Of but little import
ance, there was no delay beyond tha
made necessary by the complete reading
of the bill.
In response to an appeal made by
Jones. Of Nevada, the amendments cat
ting down the appropriations for ths
Carson Mint from $29, $50 te Sl6,4c(
we're disagreed to with the consent oil
Allison, and the appropriations for thai
mint were left ss originally reported
The bill was then passed.
Allison then submitted the conference
report on the SuRdry Civil bill, and il
was agreed 10.
In explanation of the action of the
Senate conferees, Allison said IN order
TO come 10 an agreement they had post
poned several appropriations which the
Senate had deemed necessary. For in
stance, they had had TO consent to the
reduction by one half OF the provision
TO complete the international survey of
the Mexican border, and the same as to
the survey between British Columbia
and Alaska. SO also the conferees had
been obliged to surrender large Rppro-
pFiations for public buildings. as for
instance, one at Los Angeles. California,
which had been cut down FROM $50. .000
TO &75,0O0. He might run through the
whole gamut of public buildings and
show how the Senate conferees had had
to make concession after concession.
The coast survey appropriation for field
work had been cut down from $2lS, 900
to $4,000. By these surrsnders the
expenditures were only postponed. They
would have to be provided for next year
or the year after.
the attention of the Senate to what
seems to him very grave evil. One
that threatened in substance q revolu
tionary change in the constitutions and
methods of government. What be re
feFred 10 was the effect of the heldiRg
back Of appropriation bills nntil the last
7 or 10 or Is days Of each session Of
Congress. The result was that unless
the House and Senate both submitted
to the dictatioa OF some or 1 men who
happened to be members Of the COM
mittee on appropriations in the H0use
of Representatives and on the majority
side, the great appropriation bills fail
and an extra session becomes necessary.
"It is perfeetiy notorious, Mr.. President,
that this body has passed bill after bill
with substantial unanimity having no
political significance, bills matured by
able men on either side OF this chamber
and having the endorsement of their
great authority, and yet because three
or foar persons. clothed With the author
ity Of the House of Representatives,
chose TO oppose those bills they
could not get consideration in that
body, although there is no manner of
doubt that nine tenths of the members
of the House would be In their favor IL
they were brought up. That ia the con-
dition Of things which In she time OF
our fathers would cause revolution" +"
After referring to the action Of the
Speaker of the House mot named) ia
refusing to recognize certain member
because be 1.-THE SpeaksF) did not ap-
prove of the measure the member
wished to msve, Hoar said: "Henry
Clay was supposed to have a pretty
strenQ will. He would no more have
dared to assert such an authority when
be was Speaker Of the Houss than be
would have ventured to cross the Mag
ara twenty rods above the falls. Blaine,
under whom many Of as served iB an
other place, 10 generally Supposed TO
have pretty strong will aud Q pretty
strone desire TO have accomplished 10
the administration Of the country things
which be thinks ought 20 be done. |
served in the House Of Representatives
with that accomplished gentleman for
eight years. for six OF which be was
when we bad q msiority of three
permitted 10 make his petition TO Fus-
pend the rzles every Monday. and every
day witkin the last six days Of adjourn
meat. They used 10 put rs IN record
with all sorts Of oontrivances and slI
manners Of ways By calling the yeas
snd nays on questions on which they
thought the Republicans would not like
to commit themselves. II is tras that
occasionally when business pressed
during TIE last q or IS hoars Of the
session. Spsaker Blaine would exercise
bis selection Of persons 10 be recognized
IN accordance with what be believed 10
he the will and desire of the House,
aud that was sill. Whoeyer heard Of
Blaine, IL q member desired 10 be
recognized - move the adoption Of a
measure that woald pass unanimously,
or nesriy unanimously. II proposed, IN
forming that member sbat the presidinR
officer had determined that it vas not ex.
pedient 20 have any measure af the kind
proposed duFinR thai session Of Con
Rreas. Mr. President, this IL q qnss-
tiun which gees clear down 70 the
fundamental rocks on which eur aon-
stifusioaaI structure - erected /
would rather have she Emperor of Raa
siA OF tie King Of Bombay 10 rule over
me than to have. under fhe pFetense Of
esnztitutt0nal foru, the right deaiea b.
any Representative 80 utter the wiH of
the American people wken e0rstfin-
tionaily expressed by the waios of tbe
ms siortay IN each branch. We have not
thoaght Il desirable. in the present state
Of paolie feelIH9. In the cosGition Of
pablie b0giness. 10 the prevailing seEfi.
mens Of the AmeFiaan people. ts insist
upan an extra session ef Congress. bat
! wish fer one 10 give nctlse that. 10 my
Judgment, thfs Is ths last time that
IasarpAtton wlli Be submitted 20.
Beck--I Vas called o1t of she eaam
bar for . wkiie and vas snly in fima 20
hear vital seems 90 Be q nnass remarks
be tzrzds against the Speaker ef tte
Hcasa Of Representatives. ThAf gen
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